casting runes — 30dec25

isaz
not unlike sun-spangled snow
your beauty brilliantly blinds
binds me to something bright
that i can never have, i am left to
living as your shadow instead

A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.

Today’s rune is isaz, a rune that is translated as the word “ice”. Sources associate isaz with a calmness, present moment or stillness. As ice, isaz is sometimes associated with standstill, stagnation, stasis or contraction; even at times as pristine beauty with seductive qualities.

Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.


3 responses to “casting runes — 30dec25”

  1. Tansy Gunnar Avatar

    Hey, you take melancholia to a new level. 😁🫢

    1. michael raven Avatar

      I’ve had over 40 years of practice. I am effectively a chronic melancholic. 😁

      They just use different words for it in a clinical setting.

      1. Tansy Gunnar Avatar

        Muy gracioso. 😉🤣